1953 Small Club World Cup (1st tournament) explained

Tourney Name:Small Club World Cup
Year:1953
Dates:11 – 21 February
Country:Venezuela
Num Teams:3
Associations:2
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion Other: Millonarios
Count:1
Matches:12
Goals:40
Top Scorer: Alfredo Di Stéfano
(4 goals)
Prevseason:1952
Nextseason:1953 (2nd.)

The 1953 Small Club World Cup (first tournament) was the second edition of the Small Club World Cup, a tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, and in 1963 and in 1965. It was played by four participants, half from Europe and half from South America but deviated from its usual double round robin format and featured players such as Angel Labruna, Amadeo Carrizo, Felix Loustau for River Plate, Gerhard Hanappi, Ernst Happel for Austria Wien, Nestor Rossi, Ramón Alberto Villaverde and Alfredo Di Stefano for Millonarios who played his last matches for the club in this tournament.[1]

Participants

TeamQualification
1952 Argentine Primera División champion
1951-52 Austrian champion, 1952 Mitropa Cup champion
1952 Campeonato Profesional champion

Matches

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Final standings

Team PtsPWDLGSGAGD
7 4 3 1 0 12 3 +9
3 4 1 1 2 6 10 -4
2 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5

Topscorers

Rankwidth=150pxPlayerClub Goals
Rapid Wien

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peq-copamundo53.html Pequeña Copa del Mundo 1953